首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
外语
As individuals, we are inherently more limited than a community. Although we can consult books and friends and critics, in the e
As individuals, we are inherently more limited than a community. Although we can consult books and friends and critics, in the e
admin
2015-04-24
25
问题
As individuals, we are inherently more limited than a community. Although we can consult books and friends and critics, in the end we are limited to our own single perspectives. We are only one person-looking at the world from one place one history one pattern of knowing.
A community, on the other hand can see things through many eyes, many histories and many ways of knowing. The question is whether it dismisses or creatively makes use of and integrates that diversity.
Communities are wise to the extent they use diversity well. The wisest know that every viewpoint represents a part of the truth and that it is through the cooperative creative interplay of the viewpoints that the wisest, most comprehensive and powerful truths emerge. So they engage in that interplay, that dialogue — a creative controversy or consensus process that winds its way to wise public judgment.
The best government is that government which enables communities to do this — to nurture and utilize their wisdom and resources — especially their diversity — in such a way that they require less and less government.
A community that can manage itself in a wise and sustainable manner is one that has mastered democracy. They know they can’t depend on leaders to do things for them. They know that democratic citizens and leaders work best in partnership with each other, co-creating each other’s power. They know that leaders work must be seen as living extensions of their own will and wisdom, which must be kept active. They know that passive "followership" abandons leaders, deprives them of the wisdom and creativity of the community, and opens them up to the corruptions of alienated power. A democratic community grows beyond dependence and paternalism.
In a sense, the more democratic a society is, the more it has "come of age". Movements for democracy might even be seen as the maturation process of a culture. A mature society knows how to handle itself in dynamic context with others, drawing on its inner resources(its diverse members)and relating responsively and creatively with its environment.
According to the passage, the best truth comes when______.
选项
A、all different communities are equally smart
B、the wisest men are chosen to stand for the whole community
C、people of various opinions work together in a productive way
D、people hold debates and put on plays to find out the wise judgment
答案
C
解析
细节事实题。根据题干关键词the best truth与原文第三段第二句中的most comprehensive andpowerful truths对应,据此定位答案。原句中的the cooperative,creative interplay of the viewpoints与选项C对应。故答案为C。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/I8LO777K
0
考博英语
相关试题推荐
Americanwomenexperienceagreat【1】oflifestyles.A"typical"Americanwomanmaybesingle.Shemayalsobedivorcedormarried
ThemilitaryaspectoftheUnitedStatesCivilWarhasalwaysattractedthemostattentionfromscholars.Theroarofgunfire,t
Inthispart,youareaskedtowriteanessayaccordingtotheoutlinegiven.Yourcompositionshouldbeabout200words.Rememb
AlongandpainfulstrugglewithcancerandchemotherapyhadcausedbaldnessforBarbaraBasset,ofMocrstown,NJ.Thedayherb
ClimaticconditionsaredelicatelyadjustedtothecompositionoftheEarth’satmosphere.Iftherewereachangeintheatmosphe
When,intheageofautomation,mansearchesforaworkertodothetedious,unpleasantjobsthatareimpossibletomechanize,h
Herspirits______atthethoughtofalltheworkshehadtodothatmorning.
Inthisage,educationisconsideredanimportantkeytosuccessandminoritygroupsespeciallyare______tobetterthemselves
Realpolicemen,bothBritainandtheUnitedStates,hardlyrecognizeanyresemblancebetweentheirlivesandwhattheyseeonTV
Manyagentsquitandsaytheyareleavingbecausetheyare_____andwantbetterpayandmorehumaneworkingconditions,including
随机试题
住宅起居室的采光系数标准值为:[2004年第22题]
构造地震破坏性大,影响面广,而且发生频繁,占破坏性地震总量的()以上。
寄生虫感染时,浸润的炎症细胞主要是()
系统开发的第一个阶段是()
ThebiggestproblemfacingChileasitpromotesitselfasatouristdestinationtobereckonedwith,isthatitisattheendof
苍术的性味是
甲船拖欠船员工资和引航费数月,甲船此次海上运输旅客时,几名旅客落水身亡,甲船继续航行中碰撞到暗礁.乙船对甲船进行了救助,相关债权人均向甲船的营运人提出了履行债务的请求,甲船应按下列何种顺序清偿?()
对水力警铃进行测试时,其喷嘴处压力不应小于0.05MPa,且距水力警铃3m远处警铃声强不应小于()dB。
我国目前主要由下列哪一主体承担普及九年义务教育的责任?()
ThepresidentoftheUnitedStateshasoneofthetoughestjobsintheworld.Hardlyanyoneelseiswatchedsocloselybysoman
最新回复
(
0
)